If you only knew how much my Heart loves and cherishes purity. This is a virtue which makes souls open to receive a special influx of my love, which enables them to see me, to feel my presence with them.
Blue Book # 46 b
We have lost the evening with father and mother when little children were told fairy tales and went to sleep dreaming of beautiful ladies and the like. We have lost the time of small farms, when children grew up learning about trees and flowers and wheat and oats and how they grew. There were church suppers where everyone was friendly and knew each other, and barn dances and the thousand things that seem old but could become new any day because they are immortal, and could disperse loneliness like wind disperses fog. When people communicate, loneliness is broken into tiny pieces that are scattered by the wind. One has to laugh to communicate, and communication is the enemy of loneliness.
Grace in Every Season (March 4)
When we have embraced purity we are able to see Jesus and Our Blessed Mother more clearly in each person that we interact with and to feel His presence within ourselves more strongly.
Impurity on the other hand takes all that away from us and we become a mere commodity for each other. Mistrust, resentment and separation sets in, resulting in anguishing loneliness.
I believe much of what we have lost in society comes from a loss in innocence and purity. It’s true that humans since the great fall have always tended towards it, but society had always held it at bay by establishing clear boundaries on what was or wasn’t proper. Those have been completely annihilated, and the opposite is being built up and endorsed now.
We need to come back to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to let her show us the path to purity and true brotherly love… and light a bonfire so big that it will warm the entire world.
Hmm…and by the way I think bringing back church suppers would be a great starting place. 😀